The Butchershop, Glasgow

Having read so much about it Stuart and I decided to pay The Butchershop in Glasgow a visit.  We could only get an early evening table, which was fine as it give us plenty of time to enjoy the meal and still make a train back to Edinburgh! The Butchershop can be found at the…

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Afternoon Tea at Peacock Alley

My Mum was visiting last week and I decided to treat her to a lovely Afternoon Tea.  Now Edinburgh is definitely not short of places for Afternoon Tea, but I settled on Peacock Alley at the Waldorf Astoria for a bit of decadence! As we entered we were greeted by the lovely maître ‘d and…

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Vintage Bakes at Casa Angelina

Vintage Bakes was the theme for the latest get together of the Edinburgh Bakers, which was held on Wednesday night in the lovely Casa Angelina on London Street. Being a fan of Casa Angelina anyway, there was really no decision to make about whether or not I would try and get a space on this…

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The Secret Herb Garden

Up on Old Pentland Road, Midlothian near the Ski Slope you will find the Secret Herb Garden.  For the last few weeks I’ve been following the progress updates on Twitter of this new venture and was keen to pay it a visit! The Secret Herb Garden opened its doors to the public on the 1st…

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Danish Apple Cake

As usual I had excessively overestimated how many apples we would actually eat last week (answer is none by the way!).  So when faced with a pile of them I decided to make this really easy Danish Apple Cake, which also ties in well with the fact Copenhagen is the host city for this years…

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The Kelpies

Over the last year or so while on our daily commute up and down the M9, Stuart and I have watched ‘The Kelpies‘ gradually rise out of the ground and become the amazing, eye-catching sculptures they are today.  I’m not going to lie, I did initially say ‘Why do we need two massive horses heads…

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Lamb Dhansak

The other evening Stuart and I caught a bit of Mary Berry Cooks in which she was whipping up a very tasty looking Lamb Dhansak.  Curries are something we like to eat but don’t cook enough off at home, so we thought we would give Mary’s Dhansak a try.  A Dhansak is usually a mild…

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Timberyard

I’ve wanted to visit Timberyard since it opened and I eventually got my chance at the end of January for our Wedding Anniversary. It’s located on Lady Lawson Street in what was the old Lawson’s Timberyard;  a red wooden garage door hides the restaurant and you could easily walk past and not realise it was…

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Its Good to Eat Pudding!

On Sunday I went with a few of the Edinburgh Bakers to Wendy’s Pudding Club which she held to raise funds for Its Good to Give.  Having tasted Wendy’s cakes and puddings on a number of occasions we knew we were in for a great treat! We were welcomed into her home where she had…

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Patisserie Madeleine

A couple of Sundays ago, we went out for a walk round Inverleith Park and then down into Stockbridge to the weekly market, by which point I was in need of a cuppa!  We walked passed Patisserie Madeleine and noticed the beautiful cakes in the window, and I knew what I definitely wanted!  The cafe…

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